Clearances
Section 5
Table 7
Exception
Consent
It is an infringement of copyright to copy
a piece of work without the consent of the
copyright owner
Insubstantial part
It is only an infringement of copyright if you
copy a substantial part of a piece of work. Be
careful – there are no hard and fast rules on
how much of a piece of work may constitute
a substantial part. It depends on the importance
of the part to the whole of the work. The key riff
from a piece of music may be a substantial part
even if it is only a few bars long.
For example, publishers tend to allow use of
a single extract of up to 400 words without
needing clearance.
Non-commercial
purposes
You can copy literary, dramatic, musical or artistic
works protected by copyright as long as you are
doing it for private research or study and those
purposes are non-commercial. You can also
copy any work for the purposes of criticism and
review. You must always clearly acknowledge any
reference to the copyright work in question.
Special
education
exceptions
If you are teaching, you can, for example,
copy a work protected by copyright onto a
whiteboard and your students can copy what
you have written. (The exception does not
cover photocopying).
Seeking clearance
If you cannot use any of the exceptions which are available, you will need
to get clearance to use someone else's IP. How do you go about doing this?
It will depend on the type of copyright work you want to use.
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